Unemployment

Unemployment

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Pamela (R), 21, unemployed, and her partner Marylin (C) , 25, speak with a volunteer at the Restos Du Coeur center in Sainte-Florine in the Haute-Loire department, central France. Pamela and her companion Marylin live together with their two dogs and three cats in a social housing flat with an income of 590 euros ($772) per month from the RSA (Active Solidarity Income). After six years of unemployment, Marilyn will start training as a truck driver in September. Pamela, with a diploma in auto mechanics, has been looking for a job since 2011. They go to the charity food distribution center "Les Restos Du Coeur" to collect food.

Pamela (R), 21, unemployed, and her partner Marylin (C) , 25, speak with a volunteer at the Restos Du Coeur center in Sainte-Florine in the Haute-Loire department, central France. Pamela and her companion Marylin live together with their two dogs and three cats in a social housing flat with an income of 590 euros ($772) per month from the RSA (Active Solidarity Income). After six years of unemployment, Marilyn will start training as a truck driver in September. Pamela, with a diploma in auto mechanics, has been looking for a job since 2011. They go to the charity food distribution center "Les Restos Du Coeur" to collect food.

(Regis Duvignau/Reuters)

Pamela (R), 21, unemployed, and her partner Marylin (C) , 25, speak with a volunteer at the Restos Du Coeur center in Sainte-Florine in the Haute-Loire department, central France. Pamela and her companion Marylin live together with their two dogs and three cats in a social housing flat with an income of 590 euros ($772) per month from the RSA (Active Solidarity Income). After six years of unemployment, Marilyn will start training as a truck driver in September. Pamela, with a diploma in auto mechanics, has been looking for a job since 2011. They go to the charity food distribution center "Les Restos Du Coeur" to collect food.